Hanger for trousers or skirts.



No. 723,587. PATENTED MAR. 24; 1903. F. H. GOWLES.

HANGER FOR TROUSERS OR' SKIRTS. Arrmoa'rron rznnn DEG. 19, 1901.

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FREDERICK H. COWLES, @F NEW YORK, N. Y.

HANGER FOR TROUSERS OR SKIRTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 723,587, dated March24, 1903.

' Application filed December 19, 1901. Serial No. 86.693. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, FREDERICK H. CoWLEs, of the borough of Manhattan,city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Hangers for Trousers or Skirts, of which the following isa specification.

Myimprovement consists in a rod extended back and forth in a horizontalor approximately horizontal plane, with parallel or approximatelyparallel portions in close proximity, the ends being extended upwardlyto serveas connections with any suitable support.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top view of an articleembodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. 7

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in bothfigures.

A designates a rod extended back and forth, so as to have anumber' ofparallel portions 0. a a a a (We a a", with intermediatejunc- 'tionalportions a a a a a a a a". I

deem it preferable to construct this of a straight metal -rod andproduce the desired formation by bending the same. Thus made it will beresilient, and resilience is a matter of importance. I do not, however,wish to be confined to any special material. The spaces between theportions a a a a a a a a a have openings a a 0. e (L22 a alternately atopposite sides of the article. The extreme ends (1. 0. are bentupwardly, and the end (1 is extended rearwardly to the plane orsubstantially the plane of the end a and are in approximately the samehorizontal plane except the ends, which are in approximately the samevertical plane. It will also be observed that the portions 0, a a a a aa a a are substantially parallel.

By the terms parallel or substantially parallel when speaking of theportions a a -&c., I mean portions the garment-supporting surfaces ofwhich are in parallel straight lines.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A hanger for garments, consisting of a rod constructed at one end forattachment to a support, and extending thence vertically, thencesubstantially horizontally and back and forth substantially horizontallyto form substantially parallel portions adapted to coact-to receive andhold between them a garment, thence upward and rearwardly, andterminating in an end portion constructed for attachment to a support.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses:

GEO. E. (Row, K. G. LE ARD.

